Lotta Continua

Lotta Continua (LC) was a communist extra-parliamentary movement in Italy that was active from 1969 to 1976, founded by Adriano Sofri and Giorgio Pietrostefani as a split in the student-worker movement in Turin. The movement focused on spreading radicalization from students and youths to workers, and it played a large role in setting up social centers. Its greatest influence was among young and unqualified workers in large factories, and it started militant activity at the universities and factories such as Fiat. The movement took part in demonstrations during the "Years of Lead", but it disbanded in 1976 after ideological clashes between male and female militants. Sofri and others embraced electoral politics, with many of the group's pro-politics members joining the Radical Party of Italy and the Italian Socialist Party, with many of its militants joining Prima Linea and the Red Brigades.